Airtel banks in in BBM popularity, Launches BBM Plan Rs.129 / month

Airtel has just launched a new Blackberry Plan for BBM addicts like me. The new plan, only available on Postpaid, will allow customers to enjoy unlimited use of Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS in a month. The price is a monthly fee of Rs. 129 vs the usual Rs. 299. This plan should catch on big with the youth, especially because of the price and the popularity of Blackberry phones.

Airtel launches all new “BBM Plan” @ Rs 129 per month for its postpaid mobile customers on BlackBerry

New Delhi, 12 January, 2012: Bharti Airtel, leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced that starting today, its postpaid mobile customers using BlackBerry smartphones can subscribe to the all new “BBM Plan” on Airtel. Now available @ Rs 129 per month, this plan will allow customers to enjoy unlimited use of *Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS in a month.

Airtel’s all new “BBM Plan” for postpaid customers

With this, Airtel aims to open up the BlackBerry services experience to a new segment of customers who are keen on leveraging a best-in-class messaging platform for real time social messaging.

To subscribe, existing and new postpaid Airtel mobile customers on BlackBerry can call 121 or walk-in to their nearest Airtel postpaid activation help-desk.

BBM or Blackberry Messenger is an Instant Messaging service which allows BlackBerry users to send and receive short messages and attachments instantly to another BlackBerry users, wherever they are – in the country or outside.

About Bharti Airtel Limited

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. In India the company offers 3G voice & data services, fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national & international long distance services to carriers globally. In rest of the geographies it offers mobile voice & high speed wireless internet. Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by BusinessWeek. Bharti Airtel had over 241 million customers across its operations at the end of November 2011. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com